Waypoint Mode

[ReesAerials]

I remember seeing a video that detailed the Inspire 2's waypoint mode. Specifically of interest to me was the ability to program a thorough flight from the ground and then go fly it. Is there anyone in the know about when DJI is going to enable this feature on our DJI Go 4 app?

It is extremely frustrating to see "coming soon" on a bird that I own... granted, after reading a lot of the posts on here, they have yet to iron out all of the wrinkles in the bird and software that they delivered, so I am not thinking this is going to be a priority.

 

[Dr Jon]

There is DJI app called Ground Station Pro (DJI GS PRO) they have been putting a lot of effort in to this and i think they will expect us to use this and not the waypoint mode. I had a look in the SDK and its not that difficult to implement as the code for the P4 is similar.

I have tried the GS PRO with the I2 and it has many more features that are interesting I suggest you check it out

 

[Dr Jon]

forgot to mention its only on iOS

 

[ReesAerials]

There is DJI app called Ground Station Pro (DJI GS PRO) they have been putting a lot of effort in to this and i think they will expect us to use this and not the waypoint mode. I had a look in the SDK and its not that difficult to implement as the code for the P4 is similar.

I have tried the GS PRO with the I2 and it has many more features that are interesting I suggest you check it out

I was going through my app update today and the Waypoint Mode is actually there but greyed out. I will download the GS Pro and give it a whirl. If you have any pointers... I am all ears. Thanks for the reply.

 

[Dr Jon]

take a look at this review

First Impressions (not a review) > DJI GROUND STATION PRO app

 

[VisionAir]

I remember seeing a video that detailed the Inspire 2's waypoint mode. Specifically of interest to me was the ability to program a thorough flight from the ground and then go fly it. Is there anyone in the know about when DJI is going to enable this feature on our DJI Go 4 app?

It is extremely frustrating to see "coming soon" on a bird that I own... granted, after reading a lot of the posts on here, they have yet to iron out all of the wrinkles in the bird and software that they delivered, so I am not thinking this is going to be a priority.

I have used the GS Pro app a few times just testing it mainly and I looks very promising, you can program your waypoints and what the camera does at each waypoint, from angle a direction to record or photograph, you can save a reuse them when ever needed, for instance if you were hired to shoot the progressive construction of a building you could come back over a period of time and fly time same mission to get pics/vid from same points over time. Hope this helps.

 

[Viper Pilot]

I have been using the Autopilot IOS program for flying waypoints amoung other things and it's FANTASTIC for the I2.

 

[Aerial-Pixel]

I use Litchi for waypoint missions. You can set them up on your phone/tablet or on your computer and save them to your account at the Litchi Mission Hub: Mission Hub - Litchi

 

[dcbrewer]

So to confirm, GS Pro works with the I2? The App Store description says *Coming Soon.

 

[Viper Pilot]

Yes it does. I've been using GS Pro with my I2 for several weeks now.

 

[VisionAir]

So to confirm, GS Pro works with the I2? The App Store description says *Coming Soon.

Yes I have had for about a month, it is in the app store and it also works with the Mavic Pro..

 

[ReesAerials]

I have used the GS Pro app a few times just testing it mainly and I looks very promising, you can program your waypoints and what the camera does at each waypoint, from angle a direction to record or photograph, you can save a reuse them when ever needed, for instance if you were hired to shoot the progressive construction of a building you could come back over a period of time and fly time same mission to get pics/vid from same points over time. Hope this helps.

That is a HUGE plus, and I have actually approached a few contractors in our local area about doing that exact thing. Good tip to know. Thanks for the input.

 

[ReesAerials]

I have been using the Autopilot IOS program for flying waypoints amoung other things and it's FANTASTIC for the I2.

I am going to have to check that out. With all of the issues I hear of with I2 right now working on DJI's own software, it scares me a little to let a third party app take control of the bird.

 

[ReesAerials]

I use Litchi for waypoint missions. You can set them up on your phone/tablet or on your computer and save them to your account at the Litchi Mission Hub: Mission Hub - Litchi

I just checked out a bunch of those videos. I must say that this is a pretty impressive program. I love the interpolate function to get the camera to utilize a slow pan. I perform a lot of those functions in my cinematography.

 

[Dr Jon]

I have Letchi, Autopilot and also DJI GS PRO. I like Letchi the most. I find Autopilot over complicated and GS PRO needs much more features to be called "PRO" as Letchi is far advanced.

But i suppose its down to what are you trying to achieve? I find i use one for certain missions and others for different ones. the cost of the APP's are small but there is an obvious learning curve with them all.

 

[Tim Cameron]

LITCHI, That's how I roll!

 

[J.W.G.]

Does anybody have issues when planing a 3D Map in GS Pro and you get more than the 99 waypoints (max limit) keeping you from taking off? I have counted the waypoints and they should be a fraction of what the app is claiming.

 

[WitteGEMS]

Does anyone know if there's an Android version planned of GS pro? And, still no word on waypoints in Go 4?

I am a little in doubt to start using non-DJI apps, as only the DJI stuff already has enough "features" (/bugs) to deal with alone. With the high turnover rate of new firmwares I'm a little afraid of the combinations with third party software. One could argue it can hardly get worse though.

Small thing on Litchy: anyone got the inspire 2 FPV cam to work there? I use it quite a lot for orientation.

 

[Jerry Laurence]

Does Litchi give all the camera control settings found in Go 4? I Iike Autopilot but there's no exposure lock, histogram or zebras yet.

 

[Drone_Video]

I had a chance to try out the waypoint mode in the latest firmware. It seemed to work pretty good (basic, but works). I was however surprised to see that the camera angle is not recorded or controlled at all with the built in waypoint tools... I was wondering if I missed something or if in fact the ability to control camera position with the DJI GO4 way point was missing?